EKF vs. MXCT, IUG, CREO, NCYT, POLX, IHC, AVO, RUA, MHC, and SUN
Should you be buying EKF Diagnostics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EKF Diagnostics include MaxCyte (MXCT), Intelligent Ultrasound Group (IUG), Creo Medical Group (CREO), Novacyt (NCYT), Polarean Imaging (POLX), Inspiration Healthcare Group (IHC), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), RUA Life Sciences (RUA), MyHealthChecked (MHC), and Surgical Innovations Group (SUN). These companies are all part of the "medical devices" industry.
EKF Diagnostics vs.
EKF Diagnostics (LON:EKF) and MaxCyte (LON:MXCT) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
EKF Diagnostics received 174 more outperform votes than MaxCyte when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.76% of users gave EKF Diagnostics an outperform vote while only 68.92% of users gave MaxCyte an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EKF Diagnostics had 4 more articles in the media than MaxCyte. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for EKF Diagnostics and 1 mentions for MaxCyte. EKF Diagnostics' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat MaxCyte's score of 0.00 indicating that EKF Diagnostics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EKF Diagnostics has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MaxCyte has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EKF Diagnostics has a net margin of 9.37% compared to MaxCyte's net margin of -78.37%. EKF Diagnostics' return on equity of 7.03% beat MaxCyte's return on equity.
70.3% of EKF Diagnostics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of MaxCyte shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of EKF Diagnostics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of MaxCyte shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EKF Diagnostics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MaxCyte. MaxCyte is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EKF Diagnostics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
EKF Diagnostics beats MaxCyte on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:EKF) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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